Orginally forked from: Abakkk
Start drawing with Super+Alt+D or with your preferred shortcut!
Then save your beautiful work by taking a screenshot.
metadata.json
) in ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions
draw-on-your-screen2@zhrexl.github.com
sudo cp ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/draw-on-your-screen2@zhrexl.github.com/schemas/org.gnome.shell.extensions.draw-on-your-screen.gschema.xml \
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/ &&
sudo glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/
alt + F2
, type r
and then OK to restart gnome-shellSuper + Alt + D
to testPower is nothing without control:
The Ctrl
key provides an extra functionality for each tool.
Draw arrows:
Intersect two lines and curve the second thanks to the Ctrl
key.
Duplicate an element:
Hold the Shift
key while starting moving.
Insertable images:
You can insert images (jpeg, png, svg) in your drawings. By default images are sought in ~/.local/share/draw-on-your-screen/images/
but the location is configurable in the preferences. Another way is to copy-past the images from Nautilus or any clipboard source by using the usual Ctrl + V
shortcut inside the drawing mode.
Eraser and SVG:
There is no eraser in SVG so when you export elements made with the eraser to a SVG file, they are colored with the background color, transparent if it is disabled. See “Add a drawing background”
or edit the SVG file afterwards.
Screenshot Tool extension:
Screenshot Tool is a convenient extension to “create, copy, store and upload screenshots”. In order to select a screenshot area with your pointer while keeping the drawing in place, you need first to tell DrawOnYourScreen to ungrab the pointer (Ctrl + Super + Alt + D
).
Color Picker extension:
If the GNOME Shell built-in color picker is too basic for you, have a look at the Color Picker extension, which let's you select the pixel accurately, preview the color and adjust its values. Once installed and enabled, it will be transparently integrated into DrawOnYourScreen.